Michael Madigan

Barack Obama has a new Chicago hangout that’s a perfect reflection of the former president.

Members refer to Beverly Country Club as “the United Nations” of golf clubs, a home to people of all ethnicities, races, faiths, political parties — and both sexes. The membership includes multiple Nobel Prize recipients and politicians such as Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Ald. Ed Burke.

In addition, it’s a true Chicago club, with a location of 87th Street and Western Avenue that’s just nine miles from Jackson Park, where the Obama Presidential Center will be constructed.

Obama has accepted an offer to become an honorary member at Beverly, the Tribune...

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